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Mueller: Manafort tried to tamper with potential witness

June 05, 2018

Manafort, who has pleaded not guilty, is expected to stand trial in July. The FBI has documents and statements from the two people, as well as telephone records and documents recovered through a search of Manafort's iCloud account showing that Trump's former campaign manager attempted communication while he was out on bail, according to Domin.

At least 7 dead as volcano erupts in Guatemala

June 05, 2018

Unlike the Hawaii volcano , which has destroyed homes with slow-moving lava , the Fuego volcano unleashed fast-moving pyroclastic flow - a nasty mix of ash, rock and volcanic gases that can be much more unsafe than lava . Firefighters said late Sunday that they had seen some people who were trapped in the area, but roads leading there were cut by pyroclastic flows and they had been unable to reach them.

Merkel, Netanyahu agree Iran is a concern for Israel's security

June 05, 2018

Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei said that enemies have staged economic and psychological warfare against Iran to bring the country to its knees, according to state TV. Iran's Supreme Leader said the state of Israel is a "cancerous tumor" that needs to be 'eradicated, ' but Israel is not having any of it. Foes Iran and Israel have been kept at bay for decades.

First Saudi women given driving licences ahead of law change

June 05, 2018

The AP reports that the women now under arrest could potentially face a trial. The three are among the most outspoken and well-known women's rights activists in Saudi Arabia. SPA said authorities started swapping global licences for Saudi ones in multiple locations across the kingdom, with women applicants made to undergo a "practical test".

Trump can probably pardon himself, but has no plan to - Giuliani

June 05, 2018

After former NY mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani replaced Dowd as Trump's chief lawyer in March, he reopened negotiations with Mueller about forestalling that kind of public battle through a voluntary interview . The letter goes on to say that if the president did order the termination of an investigation, even though he contends he did not, "this could not constitute obstruction of justice".

No sanctions relief for N Korea until denuclearisation: Mattis

June 05, 2018

The North's leader Kim Jong-un is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump in Singapore on June 12. Some have said denuclearization - which the USA has also said must happen at one stage - is a pre-condition for the summit; others, like Mattis, have linked it not to the summit but to the prospect of sanctions relief and the normalization of ties with North Korea.

Man 'admits to being a paedophile while running for office'

June 04, 2018

Speaking to the Huffington Post he said: 'A lot of people are exhausted of political correctness and being constrained by it. People prefer to have an outsider who has nothing to lose and who is willing to say out loud what people just think.

Woman arrested after shooter reported near San Diego marathon

June 04, 2018

Reports about shots fired came in around 11:20 a.m., the alleged shooter was at the city hall parkade near the route of the marathon. The episode unfolded between 10:45 a.m. A number of streets were closed after police chased the woman driving a white sedan into the parking structure. A woman was taken into custody, the outlet reported.

Woman fatally shoots husband she suspected of beating the family cat

June 04, 2018

It started with an argument in a northeast Dallas neighborhood. According to authorities Mary Harrison waived her Miranda rights while she was being interviewed by detectives and admitted to shooting her husband. "It's kind of insane", neighbor Carl Phillips told KTVT . "It's unbelievable ... I mean, people love their pets, but it ain't that serious... to die for a cat", neighbour Carl Phillips told CBS local news.

Idaho teacher Robert Crosland charged after allegedly feeding puppy to snapping turtle

June 04, 2018

It is sick. It is sick", Parrish told TV station KSTU . Former students told the East Idaho News that Crosland previously fed guinea pigs to snakes and snapping turtles during classes. And also isn't that a ridiculously violent visual for kids to be seeing? A teacher in the USA state of Idaho has been charged with misdemeanour animal cruelty after he fed a sick puppy to a snapping turtle in front of his students .

G7 ministers criticise United States tariffs and warn of trade war

June 04, 2018

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is "overreacting" to President Trump's decision to impose steel and aluminum tariffs on the country, National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said on "Fox News Sunday". "It can be resolved, if people work together". In it, his view of a trade war with Canada was decidedly less of a defense of Trump. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau on Sunday described USA tariffs as "insulting" to the shared history of the USA and Canada as the fallout over ...

Bill Clinton Admits Obama Got Better Media Coverage Because He is Black

June 04, 2018

Quotable quote (back to President Clinton): "I left the White House $16 million in debt..." The former president also defended his record on women, "I had a sexual harassment policy when I was governor in the '80s". Katherine Patterson addresses the questions I raise in her witty review of the Patterson/Clinton novel for Newsday. And the American people, two-thirds of 'em, stayed with me.

Seven killed as gathering condemning violence targeted in Kabul

June 04, 2018

The sources added that 17 others were wounded. Local media said that some 3,000 clerics had gathered at the tent for the meeting of the Ulema Council, Afghanistan's top religious leaders. The fatwa also said that killing people by any means - such as bombs and suicide attacks - as well as violent acts, including robbery and kidnapping, count as sins in Islam.

Countering Trump’s Aggression on Trade

June 04, 2018

Chrystia Freeland, the country's foreign affairs minister, said Canada will levy penalties on United States products until President Trump relents. "We see that response as being a way to get us back to the table so the impacts actually don't happen", Mr Morneau said. Mr. Trump also defended his decision to hit Canada , Mexico and the European Union with hefty steel and aluminum tariffs, a move that some observers say has made the efforts to rescue NAFTA that much more of an uphill ...

Supreme Court Tosses Gay-Bias Finding Against Wedding-Cake Baker

June 04, 2018

The ruling said Colorado violated the U.S. Constitution's Free Exercise Clause be demanding Phillips violate his sincerely held religious faith to promote homosexuality with his work. The appeals court, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, ruled in favor of the teenager, who was in government custody in Texas, on October 24.

Kim Jong-un sacks top military chiefs before summit with Trump

June 04, 2018

This picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 24 April 2016 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (R) inspecting an underwater test-fire of a strategic submarine ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North.

Socialist Party Leader Sworn In As Spain's New Prime Minister

June 04, 2018

Pedro Sanchez was nearly certain to become Spain's new Prime Minister after his socialist party on Thursday secured enough votes to topple Mariano Rajoy in a confidence vote over a corruption case. Even so, his vow to "get in my vehicle and visit every corner of Spain to win back" the party sounded quixotic given his scarce support among its higher echelons.

A trade war is a political act of economic destruction: Don Pittis

June 04, 2018

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will work with Canadian steel and aluminium companies hit by punishing US tariffs to make sure jobs and workers north of the border are protected. "The administration has created a three-front trade war, targeting NAFTA, China, and now the European Union, with no resolution to any of these disputes in sight", Quach said in a statement.

Jimmy Fallon Gives Commencement Speech for Marjory Stoneman Douglas Graduation

June 04, 2018

Eight security guards manned the grounds of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School , but only one had a gun-and that one resource officer says he now grapples daily with the 17 lives lost and 17 injured on his watch on February 14. "You took something horrific - instead of letting it stop you, you started a movement", Fallon said. He thanked them for their bravery and activism.

Populist government sworn in, ending Italy's political deadlock

June 04, 2018

The Prime Ministers said they were looking forward to meeting at the G7 later that week in Canada. And they will get their preferred prime minister, the little-known law professor Giuseppe Conte. The anti-establishment and populist Five Star was the biggest single party in parliament and attempted to form a coalition with right-wing populists the League.

Suspect captured in Tennessee sheriff's deputy fatal shooting

June 04, 2018

Wiggins is charged with first degree murder for allegedly shooting and killing Dickson County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Daniel Baker , who was found dead in his patrol auto Wednesday morning. Stewart said the trooper drew his weapon, but Wiggins "willfully obeyed the trooper" and he was arrested. The report says 38-year-old Erika Castro-Miles told police early Tuesday that Wiggins had slapped her in the face and pulled out some of her hair, then put a gun to her head and threatened to ...

Trudeau says tariffs on steel and aluminum are 'insulting'

June 04, 2018

French finance and economy minister Bruno Le Maire said sessions had been "tense and tough" and that "I would say it's been far more a G6 plus one than a G7". Noting that "other very hard issues" are facing the U.S., Canada and Mexico right now, Kudlow pointed to the countries' attempts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade agreement (NAFTA), which Trump has often decried as unfair to U.S.

North Korea to get relief only after verifiable step to denuclearisation

June 04, 2018

Directional signs bearing North Korean and USA flags are seen near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea , April 25, 2018. Syria and North Korea have been accused of co-operating on chemical weapons, but both deny the accusations. The Korean People's Army is highly influential in the North and a centre of power in its own right.

'River of lava' flows into Guatemala village killing several people

June 04, 2018

Officials said the dead were so far all concentrated in three towns: El Rodeo, Alotenango and San Miguel los Lotes. Another victim was found in the streets of El Rodeo by volunteer firefighters, but the person died in an ambulance. It is close to the popular tourist destination Antigua, which is known for its coffee plantations. A video circulating on social media showed a black cloud of ash rising from just beyond the golf club.

Whale dies after eating 80 plastic bags

June 04, 2018

It could not eat and struggled to swim and breathe. The whale was discovered last Monday in a canal in the southern province of Songkhla and received treatment from a team of veterinarians. Jatuporn Buruspat, head of the department, said the whale probably thought the floating plastic bags were food. Marine biologist Thon Thamrongnawasawat told the Agence France-Presse media organisation that the bags had made it impossible for the whale to eat the nutritional food it needed to survive.

At least 7 killed, 20 hurt by erupting volcano in Guatemala

June 04, 2018

A volcano eruption has killed at least six people in Central America. National Disaster Coordinator Sergio Cabanas said seven people were confirmed dead and an unknown number were unaccounted for. Another victim was found in the streets of El Rodeo by volunteer firefighters and later died in an ambulance. The conical Volcan de Fuego reaches an altitude of 3,763 metres above sea level at its peak.

These Maps Show How to Unlock North Korea's Economy

June 04, 2018

Japan has reached a turning point in deciding whether it will continue to advocate "pressure" on North Korea, as its close ally, the United States, has leaned toward dialogue with Pyongyang. The Trump administration wants the North to "denuclearize", meaning to get rid of its nuclear arsenal, in return for relief from economic sanctions.

Singapore will bear some costs of Trump-Kim summit: Defence Minister

June 04, 2018

Trump said it could take several meetings to reach an agreement, but he was convinced that Kim Jong Un was committed to denuclearisation. If progress toward denuclearization can be made in the U.S. Trump tweeted last night. After Trump received the letter, he announced that the June 12 summit with North Korea was on again in Singapore. Instead, the significance of dialogue with North Korea was stressed.

7 dead after Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupts

June 04, 2018

Lesser amounts of ash reached the capital of Guatemala City some 25 miles away, forcing the closure of its global airport, CONRED said. "We are evacuating and rescuing people and have reports of 20 wounded, six dead and disappeared", said Mr Cabanas.

Mattis accuses China of S. China Sea 'intimidation and coercion'

June 04, 2018

Jim Mattis said Beijing had recently deployed hardware including anti-ship missiles, surface-to-air missiles and electronic jammers as well as landed bomber aircraft in contested areas. China claims the self-governing island as its own territory to be brought under its control by force, if necessary. Xi lay out a defense for globalization in a speech at Davos in January 2017, and has strongly advocated for the current system in subsequent speeches, though countries in Europe and elsewhere ...

Britain will have Brexit policies ready for June EU summit: minister

June 04, 2018

Prime Minister Theresa May said she could never agree to that as it would "threaten the constitutional integrity of the United Kingdom by creating a customs and regulatory border down the Irish Sea". "Once again this shows the lack of knowledge of border areas and the concerns they face", Anderson said. DUP MP Sammy Wilson also said the idea was "nonsense".

President meets with families of Texas school shooting victims

June 04, 2018

More: At Santa Fe, police had an active-shooter plan. "He met with us privately and showed sincerity, compassion, and concern on making our schools safer across the nation", Pamela Stanich, whose 17-year-old son, Jared Black, was among those killed, wrote in a Facebook post in which she also slammed those who criticized Trump.

Rudy Giuliani Warns President Trump Could Be Impeached [Watch Video]

June 04, 2018

Under the constitution, a president can be impeached by the House of Representatives and then removed from office by the Senate. Mueller's investigation has so far resulted in the guilty pleas of five people, including three former Trump campaign staffers, and the indictment of 14 other people and three companies.

Venezuela frees more opposition prisoners to unite nation

June 04, 2018

The issue of the prisoners has been a sticking point during reconciliation talks, and opposition leader Laidy Gomez said discussions with Maduro on Thursday were focused on ending political persecution. Human rights groups say that even after this round of releases, more than 300 political prisoners remained illegally jailed in Venezuela. Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez told a press conference that Maduro hopes his decision to release the prisoners "will lead to a process of ...

German police shoot a person at Berlin Cathedral

June 04, 2018

The second officer also was inadvertently wounded by the shot or shots fired by his colleague, Berlin police said. It is not known whether anyone else was hurt in the incident at Berlin's main Protestant cathedral. "The suspect is a 53-year-old man". Some 100 people were at the Dom at the time, police said. "There is now no evidence of a terrorist or Islamist motive".

Hurricane season: Hope for the best, prepare for the worst

June 04, 2018

The team on Thursday decreased its forecast and called for a near-average season in the Atlantic, with 13 additional named storms , six of which could become hurricanes and two of which could reach major hurricane strength, with sustained winds of 111 miles per hour or more.

Donald Trump's Net Worth Keeps Falling

June 03, 2018

Bloomberg reports that Trump's net worth could be higher if he has assets or has received payments that are undisclosed, and could be lower if he has secret debts or if some companies are unprofitable. 57th St. Bloomberg also reports that 16 golf and resort properties under the Trump Organization decreased in value by $70 million. Losers included Trump's Doral, Palm Beach and Mar-a-Lago clubs in Florida, while his courses in Scotland and Ireland posted revenue gains.

Private Plane Carrying Four Passengers Crashed Off Of East Hampton Main Beach

June 03, 2018

East Hampton lifeguards located and recovered the first person from the plane, while U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bonito out of Montauk recovered a second person from the water near the crash site off the shore of Indian Wells Beach in the hours after the crash, according to a statement from the Coast Guard.

Giuliani Says Trump Could End Russia Probe, Pardon Himself

June 03, 2018

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani , last seen celebrating his birthday by being booed at Yankee Stadium , appeared on ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanopolous Sunday morning. Rudy Giuliani is supposed to be on cleanup duty, but he keeps making a mess. Giuliani also told Stephanopoulos that Mueller's team hadn't responded to the letter.

U.S. accuses China of 'intimidation' in South China Sea

June 03, 2018

The United States is willing to work with China on a "results-oriented" relationship, but Beijing's actions in the South China Sea were coercive and the Pentagon would "compete vigorously " if needed, US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said on Saturday.

Why did Wynne say she won't be Ontario's premier?

June 03, 2018

On the verge of tears, the premier said that the Liberals wouldn't be able to form the government after the election and that she wasn't going to pretend it wasn't hard. "That's going to sort itself out - people are going to make that decision ... it's going to be one or the other and let's make sure there are enough Liberals there that there isn't a blank cheque - that there's a check on a majority government".

Thousands of acres ablaze in Colorado, New Mexico

June 03, 2018

Crews are battling a massive wildfire in northern New Mexico near the community of Ute Park. Estimates on Friday put the blaze at more than 25 square miles; by Saturday, it consumed more than 42 square miles. Evacuees were invited to the Raton Convention Center, where a Red Cross emergency shelter had been set up. Fire management team spokeswoman Sandra Lopez said winds from the east may help keep the fire from the village Saturday, but precipitation expected from a storm Sunday won't be ...

Berlin Cathedral: Police officer shoots man in the legs

June 03, 2018

The police statement urged people to "avoid speculation" and said more details of the incident would follow. Police vehicles secure the Berliner Dom after a German policeman shot a man at the Berlin Cathedral, German media reported in Berlin, Germany, June 3, 2018.

New Catalan cabinet sworn in

June 03, 2018

Mr Torra said at the swearing-in ceremony that his government was committed to advancing towards an independent Catalan state in the form of a republic. The Spanish government called their nomination "a new provocation". The 55-year-old former editor has been under pressure from some segments of his own separatist camp to adopt a more conciliatory stance, in order to allow a new Catalan government to take office and end Madrid's direct rule.

Federal Bureau of Investigation agent accidentally fires gun while dancing at a Denver nightclub

June 03, 2018

A man was accidentally shot in the leg by an off-duty Federal Bureau of Investigation agent, who discharged his firearm while dancing at a Denver nightclub in the early hours of Saturday , local time. "No one really knew what was going on", Julie said. The shooting victim was taken to the hospital in good condition. "When the agent retrieved his handgun, an unintended discharge occurred", Denver police said in a statement.

In complete reversal, Trump revives summit with North Korea

June 03, 2018

US President Donald Trump last week confirmed his participation in an unprecedented summit in Singapore on June 12 with Kim, an extraordinary development that followed a year of escalating rhetoric and threats between Washington and Pyongyang.

Canada hits USA with billions in retaliatory tariffs in steel row

June 03, 2018

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arrives at a press conference during a meeting for the G7 Finance and Central Bank Governors in Whistler , B.C., on Saturday, June 2, 2018. " Mexico categorically rejects any unilateral, protectionist measures that distort trade in North America ", the country's under-secretary of foreign trade, Juan Carlos Baker, said in tweet .

Man admits Prince George plot after changing plea mid-trial

June 03, 2018

Police said Rashid shared a list of popular British sports stadiums, suggested injecting poison into supermarket ice creams and urged Jewish areas of the United Kingdom to be targeted in a terror attack. "Next to that was a caption, 'school starts early.' It provides an address in Battersea for a school to which the young Prince attends". His list of targets were wide-ranging - including British Army bases, shopping centres, Jewish communities and Government buildings.

U.S. military killed 500 civilians a year ago - Pentagon

June 03, 2018

Government shall maintain and promote best practices that reduce the likelihood of civilian casualties, take appropriate steps when such casualties occur, and draw lessons from our operations to further enhance the protection of civilians".

G7 allies prepare for clash over tariffs with Trump at leaders' summit

June 03, 2018

No joint final statement emerged from the G7 ministerial meeting, a sign of the strong discord as the world's major economies verged on open trade conflict. The UK's Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox told Sky News it, too, is considering retaliatory measures and joining the EU's complaint with the WTO.

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